A second-half brace by Richarlison, including a stunning overhead scissor kick, gave tournament favourite Brazil a 2-0 win over Serbia in its opening FIFA World Cup 2022 game at the Lusail Stadium on Thursday. With this win, Brazil topped Group G.
FIFA World Cup 2022 points table, Group H standings after Matchday 5
In another match, Switzerland beat Cameroon 1-0 to hold the second position on the points table.
Group G standings:
| Position | Teams | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
